Romantic Prophecy and the Resistance to Historicism

by Christopher Bundock

Romantic writers invoked prophecy throughout their work. However, the failure of prophecy to materialize didn't deter them. Why then do Romantic writers repeatedly invoke prophecy when it never works? The answer to this question is at the heart of Romantic Prophecy and the Resistance to Historicism.

In this remarkably erudite work, Christopher Bundock argues that the repeated failure of prophecy in Romantic thought is creative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442630701
• ISBN13: 9781442630703
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher